Motivational Interviewing for Physiotherapists: Getting Patients to Move: Practical Conversations for Exercise Adherence, Fear-Avoidance, and Long-Term Self-Management - Softcover

Ravenscroft, Gideon Lysander

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798907970441

Verlag: Staten House, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

When Good Exercise Plans Do Not Become Daily Behavior

A patient can understand the exercises, agree that rehabilitation matters, and still return having done very little. More explanation is not always the answer. In many physiotherapy encounters, the harder problem is helping a person work through ambivalence, fear, low confidence, competing priorities, and the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it.

A Practical Guide to Motivational Interviewing in Rehabilitation

Motivational Interviewing for Physiotherapists shows how to use motivational interviewing in everyday rehabilitation without turning a physiotherapy session into counseling. The book explains how to listen for change talk, respond to sustain talk and discord, explore confidence and readiness, give advice without lecturing, and build realistic plans that patients can carry into daily life. Its focus is practical application in exercise adherence, pain-related fear, home exercise programs, activity progression, discharge, and long-term self-management.

What Makes This Book Different

This is not a general communication manual with a short chapter on motivational interviewing. It is built around physiotherapy-specific situations. The book uses annotated clinical conversations to show what the therapist says, what changes in the interaction, and why a response is more or less consistent with motivational interviewing. Examples span musculoskeletal rehabilitation, persistent pain, neurological rehabilitation, cardiopulmonary care, postoperative recovery, exercise progression, and discharge planning. Decision tools, reflection exercises, adherence questions, confidence rulers, and practical conversation frameworks help translate the method into routine practice.

Who This Book Is For

This book is for readers who want a clearer way to handle difficult rehabilitation conversations: physiotherapists and physical therapists in outpatient, MSK, neuro, cardiopulmonary, pain, postoperative, and community settings; physiotherapy and physical therapist assistants; students and new graduates developing patient communication skills; and experienced clinicians who want a more structured approach to behavior change and exercise engagement.

A More Useful Conversation Starts with Better Questions

Motivational interviewing does not guarantee adherence, and it does not replace clinical reasoning, appropriate education, or sound exercise prescription. It gives clinicians a structured way to explore what matters to the patient, identify what is getting in the way, and support realistic decisions without taking ownership of change away from the person receiving care. For rehabilitation professionals who want practical, evidence-aware guidance on exercise adherence, patient engagement, fear avoidance, and behavior change, this book offers a focused place to begin.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Staten House
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798907970441
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 238
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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